Free, interactive lessons to master French grammar, organized by CEFR level, one topic at a time.
French grammar is best learned in order, the rules you need at A1 (definite/indefinite articles, adjective agreement, negation) are the foundation for what comes at A2 and B1 (object pronouns, the subjunctive, relative clauses). This page is organized by CEFR level so you always know what to tackle next.
Pick a topic below to get started. New lessons are added regularly.
The essentials: naming things correctly, describing them, and forming a basic sentence or question.
Definite, indefinite, and partitive articles, when to use each, and the classic negation trap.
Start the lesson → A1Why nouns are masculine or feminine, ending clues, and how to form the plural (including the irregulars).
Start the lesson → A1Where adjectives go, how they agree in gender and number, and a few that change meaning with position.
Start the lesson → A1Forming ne...pas and other negative structures, with infinitives and the passé composé.
Start the lesson → A1Intonation, est-ce que, and inversion, plus the euphonic -t- and question words.
Start the lesson → A1à, dans, chez, vers for everyday places, plus en, au, aux for countries and why they depend on gender.
Start the lesson → A1mon, ma, mes...; agreement with the thing owned, not the owner.
Start the lesson → A1ce, cet, cette, ces, pointing things out, and why cet/cette sound identical.
Start the lesson → A1The classic trap English speakers fall into, solved with a simple article test.
Start the lesson →Building longer, more precise sentences: comparing things, replacing nouns with pronouns, and placing events in time.
plus... que, le/la plus...; comparing people and things.
Start the lesson → A2le, la, les, replacing the thing being acted on.
Start the lesson → A2lui, leur, replacing "to/for someone."
Start the lesson → A2Replacing places and quantities.
Start the lesson → A2Forming adverbs in -ment, and where to put them.
Start the lesson → A2depuis, il y a, pendant, three ways to talk about time that don't translate directly.
Start the lesson → A2au, aux, du, des, when à/de fuse with le/les.
Start the lesson →More nuanced and connected French: linking ideas, reporting what others said, and expressing hypotheses and opinions.
qui, que, où, dont, linking two ideas into one sentence.
Start the lesson → B1Turning direct speech into indirect speech.
Start the lesson → B1"If..." sentences, real, possible, and hypothetical.
Start the lesson → B1When (and why) French switches moods.
Start the lesson → B1celui-ci, le mien...; replacing "this one," "mine."
Start the lesson → B1When the subject receives the action instead of doing it.
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